"The sword blade comes out of the grinding, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from the bitter cold." The first thing that comes to mind when Longquan is mentioned is the Longquan Sword, and when Ou Yezi was born, it was during the period of strife among the eastern Zhou countries. He discovered the difference in the properties of copper and iron, and forged the first iron sword, "Longyuan", which created the first cold weapon in China. Shi Zai he forged the five swords of Zhan Lu, Chun Jun, Sheng Evil, Fish Intestine, and Giant Que for the Yue King, and was the originator of ancient Chinese sword casting.
Different forging processes will leave different marks on the sword body. A sword in the process of forging, the sword body will form a pattern, there are flowing water patterns, cloud patterns, feather patterns, Yangzuo turtle patterns, ice cracks, rotary welding patterns and other patterns, with different folding methods and forging methods, the patterns are different, the rarer the pattern, the greater the difficulty of the process, the higher the scrapping rate of the sword body.
Among them, several feathers are the most difficult to forge, which is a special feather pattern, the satin pattern is spread out on both sides in one direction with the knife ridge as the center, and the visual effect is very shocking, just like a feather, so it is called a feather pattern.
The denser the density of the feather pattern, the better, which requires continuous folding and forging, the more layers the more difficult to forge, there is a layer that is not handled well, which may lead to the collapse of the steel. Good feather patterns will converge towards the center, forming a sharp contrast, the visual impact is very strong, and many knife smiths make feather patterns are scattered to the tail end, which shows that the skill is not enough. The overall trend of the feather is forged according to the sword type, and the forging is before polishing and grinding, and the pattern trend cannot be seen when forging, all depending on the experience and feeling of the knife maker, if the arc deviates from the knife type, it will also change, so it is a test of the real skill of the knife maker.
Let's take a look at this feather-patterned ring sword with xiaobian
